Western Colorado

The Hasan Family Foundation still is investigating whether GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis fulfilled the obligations of his $300,000 fellowship in 2005 and 2006. Drew Dougherty, spokesman for the Pueblo-based foundation, said ...

A planning document projects potentially more than 10 times the current number of oil and gas wells on the White River National Forest over the next 15 to 20 years. The Bureau of Land Management document predicts possibly 903 to 1,004 wells ...

A representative of U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell upheld a local supervisor’s decision rejecting a proposal by Crested Butte Mountain Resort to develop lift-served skiing on Snodgrass Mountain. The decision was delivered ...

Local municipal leaders discussed the pros and cons Wednesday night of asking voters whether medical marijuana centers should be banned in parts or all of Mesa County. A ballot question for this November would have to be approved by ...

The last time 43-year-old Miriam Galvez saw her father, she tried to avoid him. Mattie Galvez, 78, of Clifton, said her husband, Jack, caught a last glimpse of their troubled youngest child July 7 at Catholic Outreach’s Soup Kitchen, ...

The Grand Valley housing market hit bottom last year and made slight gains through the first half of 2010, according to a Grand Junction title company. The first quarter of 2010 showed the first increase in a while, so the continued trend ...

An open house intended to answer questions about Mesa State College’s forensic anthropology research center drew just a handful of people Wednesday evening, a likely indication the public has few or no qualms about the facility. More ...

Think social networking is a waste of time? Think again. For one local nonprofit it was instrumental in securing a $20,000 blessing. Light Gives Heat, an organization dedicated to helping women in Uganda by selling their handmade necklaces ...

Former congressman Scott McInnis has no intention of withdrawing from the race for Colorado governor, his campaign said Wednesday. But while Democrats, Front Range newspapers and conservative radio talk show hosts were calling for him to ...